WEBVTT THE ROADWAYS IN PLACERCOUNTY.>> IN ROSEVILLE, THEY HAVE THEROAD WORK SIGNED UP AND AROUNDTHE AREA.NEXT MONTH IS COMING ACONSIDERABLE CHANGE THAT WILLCREATE A DIFFERENT LOOK FROM THEUSUAL ROSE -- ASPHALT ROADS WEARE USED TO.THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO REPLACEASPHALT WITH ROLLER CONTACTCONCRETE -- COMPACT CONCRETE.IT SHOULD LAST A DECADE LONGERTHAN TRADITIONAL ASPHALT AND ITWILL COST LESS.HAS BEEN USED FOR YEARS INPLACES LIKE TEXAS, BUT IT HASNOT BEEN WIDELY USED INCALIFORNIA BEFORE, AND THAT ISWHY THEY WISH TO TRY IT NOW.THEY HOPE IT WILL CHANGE THE WAYDEVELOPERS THINK IN THE FUTURE.>> AS ROSEVILLE CONTINUES TOBUILD OUT WITH THESE NEW ROADS,IF WE CAN USE THE CONCRETEINSTEAD OF ASPHALT, IT WILL SAVEUS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ROADACCIDENTS -- MAINTENANCE.>> YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE VISUALCHANGES ON THE ROADWAYS AS THEREAL ROADWORK BEGINS IN LATEJUNE OR JULY.DRIVERS SHOULD NOT NOTICE MUCHOF A DIFFERENCE EXCEPT FOR THELOOK, AS THE ROAD WILL BE ALIGHTER SHADE OF COLOR.IT SOUNDS LIKE A TOO GOOD TO BETRUE SCENARIO, SO I ASKED ABOUTTHE DRAWBACK OF THE CONCRETE.THEY SAY THAT RIGHT NOW THERE

The City of Roseville is beginning a roadway reconstruction project, testing a new paving material called roller compacted concrete, which is a relatively dry concrete mix that is installed with a paving machine and then rolled, just like asphalt. It is sometimes called “white asphalt.”